FLEXIBITION by FLEXITOON

Flexitoon creates puppets, animated objects, and programming for live theatre, television, commercials, film, and the internet

The artists will donate 30% of all art sales to Reeves-Reed Arboretum. For information, call Frank Juliano, 917-667-2014

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1. Face Among a $400 Crowd of Faces

2. The Directator (character study for $300 Flexitoon puppet)

3. The Taxi Driver (from adult puppet $50 theatre production, LIFEFORMZ)

4. Officer Buriden $50 (from LIFEFORMZ)

5. The School Bus $50 (from LIFEFORMZ)

6. Mister X and Mike O’Phone $50 (from LIFEFORMZ)

7. Peace Through $50 Television

8. Peer Into the Landscape and $300 What Do You See?

9. The Herald of Funzville $75 (study for abstract marionette)

10. Woman at her $75 Desk

11. Owl/Fish (study for $75 animation sequence)

12. YAY! $50 (Exuberance)

13. Window to When $300 (psychedelic study)

14. Red Balloon Afternoon $50 (from LIFEFORMZ)

15. Ahoy for Pete’s Sake $100 (study for children’s book cover)

16. Jacob Marley (study for Flexitoon puppet production $75 of A Christmas Carol)

17. Her Busy Day $100 (hand-made frame)

18. Gabriel and His $300 Penny Whistle

19. Puppets at a $300 Puppet Show

20. Man with Goatee $125 (study for Beatnik puppet)

21. Memory of a $150 Girl and Sky

22. Hungarian Ventriloquist $125 (personal friend)

23. Night (design for stage $250 backdrop)

24. Dug $125

25. Craig – self $150 portrait

26. Eye of the Storm of the SOLD Beholder

27. Energy $50 (from LIFEFORMZ)

28. Money Tree $75 (from LIFEFORMZ)

29. Whirl – three shapes about to $100 move

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Before there was theatre…before there were spoken words…there were puppets. From the beginning of human existence, the process of bringing life to inanimate objects walked hand-in-hand with evolution. Thus, a select breed of artists known as “puppeteers” was born.

Craig Marin & Olga Felgemacher, better known as FLEXITOON, present a FLEXIBITION of original art work, pre- production sketches and story boards inspired by and created for live theatre, television, commercials, film, and the internet, here at The Hat Tavern.

They call their creations FLEXITOONS and have built that trademark into an award-winning puppet production company, THE FLEXITOON PUPPETS. Millions of children have grown up watching their puppets on the hit PBS series, Shining Time Station, starring George Carlin and Ringo Starr; on Nickelodeon’s Pinwheel; Showtime’s Weekly Reader series, KID’S TV; and the long-running The DJ Kat Show, on Fox.

The FLEXITOON Talking Stain commercial for Tide-To-Go (winner of the Silver Lion Award at Cannes), was voted a “top Super Bowl Commercial of All Time” as well as Viewer’s Choice Award for the “funniest commercial in the world.” Other commercial and corporate clients include: Minolta; Wisk; McDonalds; Hardees; Kraft; Teledyne; Oxydol; P&G; Johnson & Johnson; Ortho Diagnostic; Merrill Lynch; Beecham; and Ford.

Recognized both nationally and internationally, on film, television, at theatre festivals and theme parks, and art galleries, FLEXITOON has created puppet art both off-Broadway and at Lincoln Center. Their multi-media exhibition, Art That Moves – The World of Flexitoon, featuring over 100 of their puppets from stage and screen, and in conjunction with live performances, has met with resounding acclaim wherever presented. In 2010, FLEXITOON created a new, site specific production at the Bronx Zoo, commissioned by the World Wildlife Foundation, and appeared before over 120,000 visitors.

Craig & Olga are currently in production on a major live theatrical experience. For more info, please visit www.flexitoon.com.

About Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Celebrating over 40 years as an historic public garden, education resource, and non-profit conservancy, Reeves-Reed Arboretum engages, educates and enriches the public through horticulture and environmental education, and the care and utilization of the gardens and estate. Open 7 days a week, the Arboretum is listed on both the National and New Jersey State Historic Registers. Funding for RRA has been made possible in part by the NJ Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Dept. of Parks & Community Renewal.

The artists will donate 30% of all art sales from this exhibition to Reeves-Reed Arboretum. For information, call Frank Juliano, 917-667-2014

Reeves-Reed Arboretum…a place to grow for everyone!